Cigarette-box.



Sl A. SPAZI'ANTE.

CIGARETTE BOX.

APPLIOATION HLBD MAR. 29, 1909.

935,064, Patented Sept. 28, i909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIQE SAVERIO A. SPAZIANTE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGARETTE-P OX.

To all 'whom fit 'may concern:

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette- Boxes, of which thelfollowing is a speciication, such as will enable those skilled in the art. to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to cigarette boxes; and the object thereof is .to provide an improved device of this class which is also adapted to serve as a match holder or match box; and with this and other objects in View thc invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol'- i vfwvhich the top or cover a remains intact, or

lowing specification, of which the accom-` panying drawin forms a part, in which the separate parts o my improvement are desig nated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in Which;-

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved cigarette box showing thesame open and with part of the construction broken away, F 1g. 2 a transverse 'sectlon showing -the `box closed and on an enlarged scale, Fig.

3 a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modification, and ;-Fig. 4 a front view of a box constructed as shown in Fig. 3.

In the practice of my invention, I -provide a cigarette box a of the usual form and comprising a bottom or box portion a2 and a top or cover portion a3 which is hin ed to the bottom or bex portion a2 at a* 1n the usualor any preferred manner, this hinge connection being preferably made by means of a strip of flexible material secured to the back sides of the parts a2 and a3 as shown at The top o'r cover a is provided with a large transverse opening a, and hinged to the back edge of said top or cover at a7 is a flap or door I) adapted to t in and close the opening a," and which is also adapted to support or hold a bunch or package of matches as shown at c. The matches c 'se connected at one ond by a transverse strip, block or head c2 iu .the usual manner, and this may be Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29, 1909. Serial No. 486,414.

top or cover 0.3

Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

permanently secured to the flap or door l) or I may be detachably connected therewith. I also secure to the back top portion of the in the form of construction shown, a flexibie and elastic Idevice d which is also secured to the under or inner side of the Hap or door band which is adapted to hold said flap or door in a closed position and to close said flap or door when open and any suitable iiexible or elastic device may be used for this purpose. I also preferably secure to the inner side of the top or' cover a3 a flexible sheet e of paper or any other suitable material which will close the box, or the openin a in the top or cover thereof when the ap or door o is raised, but'this feature is not an essential one and may or may not-be employed.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modification in is not. provided with the opening a, and a transverse-flap b2 is hinged to the back of the top or cover at b3 and the package or bunch c of matches is secured to the inner or under side thereof the same as in Fig. 1.

With the construction shown in Fig. l, the flap or door b is {iuslrwith the top or cover a when closed, but with the construction shown in Fig. 3 the Hap or door adds to the thickness of the box a transversely of the central portion thereof as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

My invention is not limited to any partie ular size of the box a, nor to any particular material used in the construction thereof, nor to the shape thereof, and various changesin and modifica-tions of the construction herein described may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is r 1. A cigarettebox provided with a hinged top o r cover having a transverse opening provided with a hinged flap which closes said opening and also serves as a match holder.

2. A cigarette box provided with a hinged top or cover having'a transverse opening provided `with .a hinged, flap which' closes presence of the siibscribing Witnesses said' opening 4sind also serves 'as a match 26th day of March 1909. A,

holder said opening being also closed by a sheet of flexible material secured within the SAVERIO A 'SPAZIANTE' 5 top or cover. Witnesses: y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing es C. E. MULREANY,

my invention I have Signed my name 1n H. R. CANFIELD. 

